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The Bedford SB was a front-engined bus chassis manufactured by Bedford in England. It was launched at the 1950 Commercial Motor Show as the replacement for the Bedford OB. [1] It was the first Bedford vehicle to have a "forward control" design, with the driver's seat located at the right of the engine and the front axle underneath.
The chassis was used for fire engines and, in 1966, to carry the first liquid egg tanker. [4] The vehicle was the basis for the Bedford RL all-wheel-drive transport that served in large numbers with the British Army. The Bedford SB bus also used a chassis derived from the S. [5]
Bedford Vehicles, usually shortened to just Bedford, was a brand of vehicle manufactured by Vauxhall Motors, [1] then a subsidiary of multinational corporation General Motors. Established in April 1931, Bedford Vehicles was set up to build commercial vehicles. The company was a leading international lorry brand, with substantial export sales of ...
Bedford VAS with Duple Vista 25 bodywork. The Bedford VAS was a commercial vehicle chassis produced by Bedford Vehicles from 1963 until 1987. It was sold as a bare chassis including engine, transmission and driving controls, and was intended to be fitted with a bus or coach body from another manufacturer.
1933 Dennis Dart / Duple 1937 Bedford WTB / Duple Preserved 1944 Bedford OWB with replica Duple utility body. Wartime bodies used untreated timber and often had short lives 1945 Daimler CW / Duple utility (left) 1947 Duple Vista bodied Bedford OB 1950 Duple A-type bodied AEC Regal 1956 / Duple Vega bodied Bedford SB 1965 Duple Bella Vega bodied Bedford SB 1966 Duple Bella Venture bodied ...
Development was protracted as the builder was careful not to compromise their market leading position. Supreme I was a 29-seat coach on a Bedford VAS chassis with a standard Plaxton in-swing door located behind the front axle. Supreme II was on the 35 seat Bristol LHS chassis powered by a Leyland 400 series engine.
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The Bedford OB was designed as a successor to the Bedford WTB. It had a wheelbase of 14 feet 6 inches (4.42 m), and was a semi-forward control model, designed to carry 26 to 29-passenger bodywork. It was fitted with a 28 RAC tax horsepower petrol engine, a four-speed manual gearbox and a fully floating rear axle.